Garcia vs Guerrero

Who won Garcia vs Guerrero?

Danny Garcia beat Robert Guerrero by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday, January 23rd, 2016, at Staples Center, LA.

The scorecards were announced as 116-112, 116-112, 116-112 in favor of winner Danny Garcia.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 kg).

This contest was for the WBC welterweight championship of the world.

Garcia vs Guerrero stats

Back in January 2016, Danny Garcia stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 31 wins, zero losses, and 0  draws, 18 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Robert Guerrero made his way to the ring with a record of 33 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, with 18 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Garcia had a slight advantage in power over Guerrero, with a 58% knockout percentage compared to Guerrero's 55%.

Danny Garcia was the younger man by 5 years, at 28 years old.

Guerrero had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Danny Garcia fought out of the orthodox stance, while Robert Guerrero was a southpaw.

Garcia was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 6 years and 6 months later than Guerrero, whose first professional fight was in 2001. He had fought 31 fewer professional rounds, totaling 291 compared to Guerrero's 322.

Garcia vs Guerrero form

Garcia had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten Paulie Malignaggi on August 1, 2015, by technical knockout in the 9th round at Barclays Center, New York, United States.

Prior to that, he had beaten Lamont Peterson on April 11, 2015, by majority decision in their 12 round contest at Barclays Center, New York.

Going into that contest, he had won against Rod Salka on August 9, 2014, by knockout in the 2nd round at Barclays Center, New York.

Before that, he had beaten Mauricio Herrera on March 15, 2014, by majority decision in their WBA Super World Super Lightweight and WBC World Super Lightweight championship fight at Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico.

He had defeated Lucas Martin Matthysse on September 14, 2013, by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Super Lightweight and WBC World Super Lightweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States.

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Garcia's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 9 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 5 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 47 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.4 rounds on average.

Guerrero's last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 46 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11.5 rounds on average.

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